Overview
- The suspects, Baljinder, an ambulance driver, and his associate Rohit (also known as Kirat/Kirth), were held for painting “Khalistan Zindabad” at two Delhi sites, police said.
- Investigators allege a Canada-based associate of Pannun coordinated the operation, offering Rs 2 lakh and directing tasks via encrypted apps.
- An FIR names Gurpatwant Singh Pannun under BNS Sections 196, 197, 152 and 61 for promoting enmity, prejudicial imputations to national integration, acts endangering sovereignty and criminal conspiracy.
- Police say a Tilak Nagar resident identified as the mastermind left for Canada days before January 26 and remained in contact with Pannun.
- The Special Cell reports ongoing searches and likely further arrests, and says verification found no posters at Rohini or Dabri as claimed in a Pannun video.